PRB: "MSDOS" Not Defined When Microsoft Extensions Disabled

Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
Article ID: Q87523

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The information in this article applies to:

The Microsoft C/C++ Compiler (CL.EXE) included with:

    - Microsoft C/C++ for MS-DOS, version 7.0
    - Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, versions 1.0 and 1.5

SYMPTOMS

When the /Za compiler option is used, the predefined symbol "MSDOS" is not defined.

STATUS

This is expected behavior. According to the ANSI standard, the compiler recognizes only the following symbols: __DATE__, __FILE__, __LINE__, __STDC__, and __TIME__. These symbols and the ones that are Microsoft extensions and discussed on page 199 of the "C Language Reference" manual for version 7.0.

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Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
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